Saint Joseph Basilica - St. Joseph Basilica, Webster

Saint Joseph Basilica
Parish of the Third Millennium
Mission Statement
Saint Joseph Parish is committed to proclaim the gospel message of Jesus
Christ as a Catholic community of faith, by promoting a sense of commitment to the
Church, encouraging divine worship and prayer, fostering evangelization and
nurturing the spirit of service.
Within the context of our Polish - American religious and cultural heritage,
we foster our tradition and aspire to personal growth in faith. We are determined
to develop our vision for the future, to educate the children in Christian values and
to be receptive to the creative and saving grace of God.
53 Whitcomb Street, Webster, MA 01570
Phone: 508-943-0467 • Fax: 508-943-0808
E-mail: [email protected]
Parish WebSite: www.saintjosephbasilica.com
LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS
Sunday Vigil:
Sunday:
Holy Day Vigil:
Holy Day:
Weekdays:
4:00 p.m.
7:00 a.m.(Polish); 8:15 a.m.; 9:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m. (Polish)
5:00 p.m.
7:00 a.m.; 8:15 a.m.(Polish); 9:30 a.m.
7:00 p.m. (Bilingual)
6:30 a.m. (m-f); 7:00 a.m. (w, f, sat)
CONFESSIONS - SPOWIEDŹ
Saturday: ....................................... 3 p.m.
Eve of Holy Days:......................... 3 p.m.
Thurs. before First Friday: ........... 3 p.m
First Friday: .................................. 6.30 p.m
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
Mon. - Fri.: 9 a.m. - 12 noon & 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Wednesday - Office Is Closed!
Please call ahead for an appointment with a priest.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION/RCIA
(508) 943-3752
Director …………………….Mary Jolda
PARISH PERSONNEL
Rector: ............................ Rev. Msgr. Anthony Czarnecki
Adm. Secretary............... Terry Miller
Financial Secretary......... Ewa Mamro
Organist.......................... Robert Wójcik
Cemetery Manager ........ Kevin Rekowski
Sacristans ………………Al Richard & Joseph Ziak
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is a process
established by the Church for individuals to become Catholic
and receive the Sacraments of Initiation-Baptism, Confirmation,
and the Eucharist. If you wish to become Catholic, or are a
Baptized Catholic in need of making your First Communion
and/or Confirmation, please call the Religious Education Office.
BAPTISM: On designated Sundays. Please call to make
arrangements. Parents are required to receive orientation.
MARRIAGE: Proper preparation for marriage requires one
year’s notice. Please contact the rectory for appointment.
MINISTRY TO THE SICK: For those of advanced age, ill or
hospitalized, call the rectory to arrange visitation.
PARISH MEMBERSHIP: If you would like to become part of
St. Joseph Parish Family, please call the rectory.
***
SAKRAMENT CHRZTU: W wyznaczone niedziele. Proszę
zadzwonić na plebanię, aby ustalić datę. Rodzice zobowiązani są
do krótkiej katechezy.
SAKRAMENT MAŁŻEŃSTWA: Narzeczeni powinni
zawiadomić kancelarię parafialną rok przed datą ślubu.
SAKRAMENT CHORYCH: Po sakramentalną posługę
księdza proszę dzwonić na plebanię.
ZAPISY DO PARAFII: Parafia św. Józefa serdecznie zaprasza
nowych członków. Zapisy przyjmujemy w kancelarii parafialnej.
***
SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL
47 Whitcomb Street, Webster, MA 01570
Phone: 508-943-0378 Fax: 508-949-0581
www.saintjosephschool.net
Principal………………….Mr. Donald F. Cushing
Secretary………………….Mrs. Jennifer Mahlert
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Masses for the weekMsze Sw. Podczas Tygodnia
Sunday Vigil-August 7
4:00
r.s. John Fusco -int. wife Gail and family
Sunday-August 8
7:00
Za wypominki
8:15
For the parishioners of St. Joseph Basilica
9:30
r.s. Lisa Grzych Kuszewski
-int. Virginia Woznicki and family
11:00
s.p. Rozalia i Jan Parzych -int. Zofia i Jan Nagiel
1 p.m.
Baptism - Benjamin Anthony Latuga
Monday-August 9
6:30
r.s. Leon and Helen Klejna -int. Dorothy Sabaj & fam.
2 p.m. Oakwood Nursing Home
r.s. Frances and Donald Krystyniak
-int. Joseph and Charlotte Borowski
Tuesday-August 10
6:30
r.s. Jay Zmetra -int. parents
Wednesday-August 11
6:30
r.s. Piotr Kurda -int. Krzysztof and Grazyna Rzeszutko
7:00
r.s. Albert, Florence, Francis, William and Michael
Chlapowski -int. family
Thursday-August 12
6:30
r.s. Celia Wedda -int. Sacred Heart Society
Friday-August 13
6:30
r.s. Zygmunt Kokosinski -int. Zofia Szydlik
7:00
For the priests working in Polish-American parishes
-int. New Britain pilgrimage
Saturday-August 14
7:00
r.s. Rose Sabaj -int. Dorothy Sabaj and family
Sunday Vigil
4 p.m.
r.s. Norman and Stella Jolicour
-int. Edward and Ingrid Kosakoski
Sunday-August 15 _Assumption of Mary _
7:00
Za wypominki
8:15
r.s. Zdrok and Miller families
-int. Terry Miller and daughters
9:30
r.s. Regina & Walter Nadolny and Sophie & Stanley
Nawrocki -int. daughters/granddaughters Adria Barton
and Mary Wendell
11:00
s.p. Maria Kulpa -int. rodziny
1-25 Club Winner for the 20th Week - #256 Don Meagher
OUR WEEKLY OFFERINGS - August 1, 2010
Weekly $4173 (incl. $419 in loose money); Diocesan Obligations
$1344 (incl. $235 in loose money); Fuel $270.
Stewardship Note: Am I waiting for the “right” time to become a
good steward? Do I plan to share my time and talents “later?”
Today’s Gospel warns those who are procrastinating about
stewardship to be prepared – “at an hour you do not expect, the Son
of Man will come.”
Word of Life. The true measure of humanity is essentially
determined in relationship to suffering and to the sufferer...A
society unable to accept its suffering members and incapable of
helping to share their suffering and to bear it inwardly through
‘com-passion’ is a cruel and inhuman society.
– Pope Benedict XVI, In Hope We Are Saved, no. 38
NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
August 8, 2010
Our soul waits for the Lord,
who is our help and our shield.
– Psalm 33:20
Given Much. “Much will be required of the person
entrusted with much” (Luke 12:48). At least the Lord hasn’t
entrusted me with much! Thank goodness that the work of
the reign of God on earth has been entrusted to somebody
else. This must be the “good news” of today’s Gospel,
right? Wrong!
In the mentality that has come to be known as “keeping up
with the Joneses” we can gear ourselves toward a
comparison with those who have more or who have been
given more, even by God. Unfortunately, nowhere does
Jesus say: “Not much will be expected of those who have
been given only a little bit.” Each of us, in our own way,
has been given something, some gift or treasure that we can
put toward the work of the reign of God. ....The concern of
each of us in the vocation for which we have been chosen
is to take what we have been given, and consecrate it for the
continued in-breaking of God’s kingdom of justice, joy,
peace, and beauty. Then will we come to realize that we
have indeed been given much.
The second collection this weekend is for the
Utility and Energy Costs
Next weekend the second collection is designated for Aid to the Church
in Central and Eastern Europe
SAINT MAXIMILIAN KOLBE
Maximilian Kolbe, also known as Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe,
Martyr of Charity, was born on 7
January 1894 in Zdunska-Wola,
near Lodz, in Poland. He was born
the second son of Juul Kolbe and
Maria Dubrowska and was given
the baptismal name of Raymond.
About the time of his First Holy
Communion, the Blessed Virgin
Mary appeared to him; he was
about 12 years old. During the time
the Blessed Virgin was appearing
to him, she offered him the graces
of virginity or martyrdom and
asked him which he wanted. Filled
with zeal, he begged for both, and was filled thereafter with the
most ardent desire to love and serve the Blessed Virgin Mary. He
entered the Franciscan seminary, choosing the name Maximilian;
on April 28, 1918 he was ordained a priest. He studied and
practiced his missionary work in Rome, Poland, Japan and India,
spreading the devotion to the Blessed Mother and establishing the
Militia of the Immaculata. Poor health forced him to curtail his
missionary work and return to Poland in 1936. After the invasion
of Poland by the Germans in 1939, the Gestapo arrested Father
Kolbe and shipped him to the dreaded Auschwitz prison. He was
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assigned the hardest and dirtiest tasks in the camp. It was late in
out even if it is only for one month, a year, or a few
July 1941 that a prisoner in his own block escaped and in revenge
weekscommitment. We need your help! Our parish needs you to
the Gestapo selected several victims to be executed. One of the
help pass on the faith. With your hands and heart, Jesus can be
chosen cried, lamenting about his wife and family. Maximilian
brought into other people’s lives where He can make a difference!
stepped forward and offered to take his place. He was sent to the
Please call the Religious Education Office at 508-943-3752 and
starvation chamber where he prayed the Rosary and sang hymns
leave your name and phone number so we can get back to you.
with the prisoners. After two weeks the cell had to be cleared out
CATHOLIC YOUTH GROUP HIGHLIGHTS
for more prisoners. Only four were still alive; Father Kolbe was
Wii Bowling at Christopher Heights on August 5 from 1:45-3 p.m.
one of them. They injected a lethal dose of carbolic acid into each
“KRAZY KAMP” Summer Play performance, a family comedy
prisoner. On August 14, 1941, the eve of the feast of the
play, will be presented on Friday August 20th at 7 p.m. and Sunday
Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven, Father Kolbe was martyred.
August 22nd at 2 p.m. in Putnam at the Immaculate Conception
The next day, his body was cremated. It was Pope John Paul II who
Spiritual Renewal Center, 600 Liberty Highway (Rte 21). Tickets
had the joy of declaring his compatriot a saint on October 10, 1982.
sold at the door - $3 (free for children 5 and under). Twenty-nine
Please note the mural in our Basilica depicting St. Maximilian.
kids from all three parishes have worked hard all summer long and
YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
would appreciate your show of support by attending this
The hegemony of the secularistic culture makes a negative impact
production.
on people, especially the young generation. A fulfilled and happy
Youth Mass & Choir Practice will resume in September. The
life, successful professional achievements, and stability of family
next Youth Mass will be Saturday September 18th at St. Louis
life depends on the Christian values, authentic doctrine and
Church at 5 p.m. Pizza will be served following Mass at the Youth
character formation. On August 26-28 there will be a Youth
Center. If you are interested in reading at Mass, please let Mrs.
Leadership Conference in Doylestown, PA. Young people from
Valcour know. Choir practice for Mass will be Thursday
colleges and universities are invited to come and reflect on the rich
September 16th from 7-8 p.m. at the Youth Center.
spiritual and cultural inheritance, and family traditions to
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION CHAPEL
strengthen their Catholic identity. Each person is formed by certain
Perpetual Adoration needs a great push. People ask me “what will
national traditions, heroes, and events which shape and crystallize
convert America and save the world?” My answer is prayer. “What
his/her personality. American psyche is the product of our over two
we need is for every person to come before JESUS in the Blessed
hundred years of Judeo-Christian tradition which is now in danger
Sacrament in Holy Hours of prayer.” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta
of being hijacked by nihilistic, aimless, distorted, meaningless
We ask your prayers for the continued success of the Blessed
movements of relativism of the 21st century liberal culture. This
Sacrament Chapel which brings comfort and joy to so many. Due
mini-conference is co-sponsored by United States Catholic
to various reasons we have two hours that need to be filled and they
Conference of Bishops in preparation for the future national
are: Wednesday 2-3 p.m. and Friday 1-2 a.m. Thank you for your
convention of the European youth. This seminar is limited to a very
prayers.
small number of people and anyone interested who has a natural
propensity for leadership is asked to call the rectory.
ST. JOSEPH POLISH WOMEN’S CLUB
DONATIONS
The next meeting to discuss the upcoming fund raiser will be held
St. Joseph School. We gratefully acknowledge with thanks the donation
in the school cafeteria on Tuesday, August 10th at 6:30 p.m. All
of $270 from St. Andrew Bobola Parish to help the school.
interested members are invited to attend.
Friends of St. Joseph School Fund. In memory of: Tessie Surozenski by
Joan Gibeault, Barbara Poulin, Elaine Davies, Cynthia Croffi, M/M
Norman Deptula, Gladys Penkala, Mrs. Joseph Lariviere, Nancy & Tom
Malynowski, Theresa Labby, Nellie Kaczala, Theresa Gwozdz, Cyrilla
Sroka, Jackie Govin, Ann Surozenski, Paul Wajer, Roger D. St. Germain
II, Helen Szymczak, Eclinical Works, LLC., Webster Fire Fighters Aux.;
Monica Gogolinski by Barbara Poulin.
OUR LADY OF FATIMA CANDLELIGHT PROCESSION
On Friday, August 13, at 7 p.m. we will hold the traditional
candlelight procession praying the rosary in honor of Our Lady.
Please join us in this powerful devotion.
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE DRE
Religious Education Registration for Fall Classes. If you have
not registered for our Fall classes (this includes new First Graders
starting Public School in the Fall, new parishioners and present
classes), please call the Religious Education Office at 508-9433752 and leave your name, address and phone number so a form
can be sent in the mail to you.
Parishioners needed to help in Religious Ed program for Fall.
We need people interested in being Catechists, on the RCIA team,
and Confirmation Team. A willingness to share your faith is
essential. We will provide training. A meeting will be held at a later
date for those seeking more information. Please consider helping
–Joyce Dziedzic, Publicity Chairperson
BINGO EVERY SUNDAY AT ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL
Featuring Progressive Jackpot
Two Winner Take All’s - Special Door Prizes
Variety of Home-Made Food - Free Coffee
Doors open at 4 p.m.
Games begin at 5:45 p.m.
Members of the Parish Council will assist from 4 to 6 p.m.
FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT
St. Andrew Bobola Festival is in progress! Saturday from 310:30 p.m. with Eastern Sounds providing music from 6 to 10 p.m.;
Sunday from 12 to 2 p.m. All raffle drawings will begin approx. 2
p.m. on Sunday. Polish and American food; Chicken BBQ Sunday
at noon. Hand made glass art by Tom Kies. Country Store, Flea
Market, Raffles, Children’s booths and more.
The annual Polish Festival sponsored by St. Stanislaus, St.
Tomas Aquinas, and St. Paul Parishes will take place on Sunday,
August 22, 2010 from 12 noon to 6 p.m. at the club grounds in
West Warren MA. The Maestro’s Men will play from 1-5 p.m.
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Polish food, games, raffles available. Free admission free parking
behind the Pavilion. Public invited - rain or shine!!!
MARRIAGE PREPARATION SEMINAR
For Engaged Couples: The “God’s Plan for a Joy-Filled
Marriage” Seminar is a one-day program for engaged couples that
uniquely presents the “why’s behind the what’s” of Catholic
teaching, helping couples understand God’s plan for marriage and
the joy of living it. The next seminar will be held on Saturday,
September 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Mary Parish
Hall, North Grafton. Pre-registration is required. You may
download the brochure and registration form at our website:
www.worcesterdiocese.org (Click on “Marriage and Family: under
the Departments tab; information can be found on the Marriage
Preparation page), or call the Office of Marriage & Family at 508929-4311. Additional fall dates are also listed on the downloadable
brochure. Attendance at a God’s plan seminar is one of the
requirements of the marriage preparation process for couples
planning to be wed in the Worcester Diocese.
HARVEST CELEBRATION - DOòYNKI
From memorial time throughout the Old Testament, people felt
the need to express their gratitude to God for their bountiful
harvest. The celebrations were expressed by various customs
which became a tradition in many countries, for example our
Thanksgiving Day. This tradition was associated with the Feast of
the Assumption of the Blessed Mother. On this day, or the nearest
Sunday, the Harvest Wreath designed in a variety of shapes was
carried to the Church as a visible sign of their faith and gratitude to
God. Next Sunday at the 11:00AM Mass, the Harvest Wreath
made of the products of the land such as wheat, flowers, fruit, etc.,
prepared by our young people, will be carried into Church for a
special blessing ceremony.
In our technological society, where in the mind of the children,
the local store is the provider of food, the Harvest Celebration is
the opportunity to teach the youngster about the role of God’s
Providence in providing nourishment for our bodies. This
ceremony is a qualification of the tradition, which means that it has
become a powerful tool in our community of transmitting the value
of gratitude to God for all his bountiful blessings.
KRONIKA PARAFIALNA
XIX niedziela zwyk»a. Szcz“Ñliwi owi s»udzy...” Kolejna
Ewangelia, która stanowi rozwini“cie mysli, óebyÑmy si“ nie l“kali
i zaufali Bogu. Bóg jest naszym Ojcem, który doskonale zna
kondycj“ i potrzeby swoich dzieci, i potrafi si“ o nie zatroszczyƒ.
Jednakóe nasze doÑwiadczenia i bagaó historii mówi nam co
innego: zabezpiecz si“, nie ufaj nikomu, gromadï pienidze i bro½,
nie popuszczaj w»adzy. Wi“c kto ma racj“: Chrystus, który wzywa
do zdystansowania si“ od dóbr, czy Ñwiat, który poóda w»adzy
i bogactw?
Swi“ty Maksymilian Maria Kolbe, prezbiter i m“czennik- 14
sierpnia. Urodzi» si“ on w Zdu½skiej Woli w poblióu ºodzi 8
stycznia 1894. Wstpi» do Seminarium ojców Franciszkanów w
1907 roku. Nast“pnie zosta» wys»any do Rzymu, gdzie studiowa»
na Gregorianum oraz w Seraficum. B“dc jeszcze studentem,
za»oóy» Milicj“ Niepokalanej. WyÑwi“cony na kap»ana 28 kwietnia
1918 roku, wróci» do Polski i rozpocz» swój apostolat Maryjny,
zak»adajc miesi“cznik "Rycerz Niepokalanej", który z czasem
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osign» milionowy nak»ad. W 1927 roku za»oóy» Niepokalanów,
oÑrodek óycia religijnego i apostolstwa prasy. W 1930 roku uda» si“
do Japonii, gdzie za»oóy» podobny oÑrodek. Powróciwszy
ostatecznie do Polski, odda» si“ dzia»alnoÑci apostolskiej poprzez
publikacje religijne. Druga wojna Ñwiatowa zasta»a go na
kierowniczym stanowisku jednego z najwi“kszych zak»adów
wydawniczych w Polsce. Aresztowany 19 wrzeÑnia 1939 przez
Gestapo, zosta» wywieziony najpierw do obozu w Lamsdorf w
Niemczech, póïniej do tymczasowego obozu koncentracyjnego w
Amtitz. Uwolniony 8 grudnia 1939 roku, wróci» do
Niepokalanowa, alby podjƒ przerwan dzia»alnoу. Ponownie
aresztowany w 1941 roku, zosta» osadzony na Pawiaku w
Warszawie, a nast“pnie przewieziony do obozu koncentracyjnego
w OÑwi“cimiu. Odda» óycie za nieznanego cz»owieka, skazanego
na Ñmierƒ w bunkrze g»odowym w odwet za zbieg»ego wi“ïnia.
Zaopatrzy» on na Ñmierƒ skazanych i 14 sierpnia 1941 roku, w sam
wigili“ Wniebowzi“cia Matki Boóej, zosta» dobity zastrzykiem
fenolu. Cia»o jego zosta»o spalone w krematorium (o. Ernesto
Piacentini OFM Conv.).
SpuÑcizna duchowa sw. Maksymiliana Maria Kolbe nie budzi w
nas ani cienia wahania czy wtpliwoÑci, dziÑ w»aÑnie poboónoу
Maryjna wznieca niekiedy pewn nieufnoу wobec dwu nurtów
teologicznych: chrystologicznego i eklezjologicznego, które zdaj
si“ z ni wspó»zawodniczyƒ..... ojca Kolbe Chrystus zajmuje
pierwsze, konieczne i wystarczajce dla ekonomii zbawienia
miejsce. Ani w swych pogldach teologicznych, ani w swej
dzia»alnoÑci apostolskiej, ojciec Kolbe nigdy nie pomija» mi»oÑci do
KoÑcio»a i jego zbawczej misji. Wszak ca»a wielkoу i wszystkie
przywileje Matki Boóej wyp»ywaj z Jej dope»niajcego,
podporzdkowanego zaakceptowania woli Boga i dzia»alnoÑci
samego Chrystusa.
Dozynki. W dniu Uroczystoу Wniebowzi“cia NMP /15 sierpnia/ w
naszyej parafii - Ðw. Józefa w w tradycyjnych Doóynkach w uroczysty
sposob zechcemy podzi“kowaƒ Bogu za wszystkie dobra jakie zsy»a na
nas: duchowe i materialne, a takze za wszystkich, ktorzy trudza sie,w
szczególny sposób pamietaƒ bedziemy o rolnukach, aby te dobro moóna
bylo zgromadziƒ i przekazywaƒ innym. Niech to uroczyste nasze
spotkanie, które odbedzie sie w niedziele na Mszy Ñw. o godzinie 11:00
bedzie wyrazem ho»du wszystkim pracyjacym w róónych zawodach i
dziedzinach óycia - z naszej strony w modlitwie polecimy ich Bogu.
Konferenca Mlodziezy. Wdniach 26-28sierpnia bedzie zebranie
mlodziezy glownie polonijnej w Sanktuarium Matki Boskiej
Czestochowskiej w Doylestown PA. Przyslosc Polonii i
zachowanie duchowosci katolickej w polskim wydaniu jest
niemozliwe bez zaangazywania mlodego pokolenia. Mlodziez jest
poinformana przez wydarzenia danego kraju, znane osobowosci,
bochaterow itd. Wartosci te moga byc podwazone przez spoleczny
nihilizm, pusta kulture i wspolczesny liberalizm. Konferencja w
Doylestown jest ko-sponsorowana przez Konferencje Episkopatu
Stanow Zjednoczonych i Komitet Polskiego Apostolatu. Z naszego
rejiona jest miejsce dla dwuch osob ktore sa w wieku kolegium
albo uniwersytetu i zdradzaja naturalne zainterosowania sprawami
Polonii. Przy wejsciu do kosciola jest kilka niebieskich broczurek,
prosze zabrac do domu i po blizsze informacje dzwonic na
plebanie. Koszty zakwarterowania i utrzymania ponosza sponsorzy;
transportacje oplacaja uczestnicy.